I need to blog today. Haven't done this in a bit, and as is my MO, I will likely take this post down shortly after posting it...
I'm entering a phase of dastardly poor communication skills. Typical for me in the summer. Edgy, freaked out, and frustrated, in my attempt to be honest and forthright, I often say things that come across wrong, and find myself viewing silence of others as a response to my irritating behavior. Like gas on a fire, this adds to my paranoia.
Yes, I'm rather idiotic. I a…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on June 24, 2009 at 9:18am —
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I want to extend a BIG HUGE Thank You to the members of
Team Xylia-
The Amazing Kez®- my webmistress - without whom THERE WOULD BE NO XYLIA. There simply wouldn't. I have no clue NONE how to build or maintain a website- and she makes the sites amazing.
Also Josh (Canterrain), who I am thrilled to announce has taken the reins of marketing again and in one week has managed to turn the
Xylia ship around from the heading toward icebergs. ^_^
This year, I plan to keep going. I have ha…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on January 25, 2009 at 12:13pm —
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New Years is actually one of my favorite times of year because it's like hitting the reboot button on a computer. Things run more smoothly when you shrug off the old files.
The word resolution kind of gets overused, but when you see its synonyms, it's actually a pretty cool word: intention, resolve, decision, intent, aim, plan; commitment, pledge, promise. What's even more cool is when you look at these synonyms of
this meaning of
resolution : a firm decision to do or no…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on December 31, 2008 at 10:30am —
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If you've read my blog post on today's update, you will see me begging for money again. Will it come to any good? I don't know. But something needs to happen or I will have to set
Xylia aside for a bit.
This year has been touch and go in terms of making it on my own. I started freelancing full time in February. Shortly after that, I totalled my car, gas prices rose to $4.00 + a gallon, and my ex decided to play Kramer vs. Kramer with me including the ridiculous attorney fees that accompa…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on December 1, 2008 at 1:00am —
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I don't know if any of you have ever taken the Jung Typology or Keirsey personality tests, but I have five times in my life over the last twenty years. I must say I find them quite interesting. And no matter what is going on in my life and how much I may think it's effecting my answers and will change the outcome, I
always test the same.
I'm an
INFP.
-Introvert. A true introvert- this is always my highest score. It always makes the people who saw me jump around on stage and scream…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on November 4, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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I'm in one of those edgy states of being right now. You know, the constant feeling that you've forgotten something, that something is amiss, or there's something you should be doing or saying. When I get in this mode, I can barely accomplish anything because I'm so confused and I forget what I'm doing.
I have a lot of things I want to do, but I can't figure out where to start. I just hate that.
Anyway, how this relates to
Xylia is that I'm feeling like it's gotten away from me. The stor…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on October 28, 2008 at 11:42am —
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Tomorrow's update will not happen.
I'm really sorry.
I'm in one of those times where I feel like I'm swimming in a very deep, very wave filled ocean and my head keeps going under water.
It's hard when you try to do the right thing and it never is, you know? When all the guns are pointed at you at once, there don't seem to be many options.
I'll be back soon.
Barb
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Added by Barb Jacobs on September 28, 2008 at 9:01pm —
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Beh. I have a consarned Fall cold. Hate them things. Where it feels like you've been in a smoky room BUT YOU HAVEN'T? I'm grumpy. And slow. And tired. Really useful traits. ^_^
In other Barbnews:
I have to call a lawyer. My ex's lawyer. I'm now in Latin terms what is known as '
Pro se' a fancy way of saying 'too poor for a lawyer'. After shelling out over a grand to this attorney's office, with nothing to show for it, I now find myself cast into the den of the Wolves of Law. Whatever. At…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on September 10, 2008 at 9:00am —
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I've always said that. My taste in music and movies has always skewed to much older times.
And then there's movie stars. Brad Pitt? Uh, no, honey. As far as I'm concerned, they just don't make 'em like they used to...(there is one exception here in my list of Classic Hunks of the Past, and he's only here because he's harkening to someone else!)
After I brought up the Christopher Lee thing on another thread it got me thinking about actors, and I realized that all of my favorite actors are eithe…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on August 29, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Cedar Rapids flood video
I need to blog for a minute because Im starting to get a little overwhelmed.
My hometown is completely devastated with a flood. Two friends just emailed- one lost her house, one lost his shop. No flood insurance. No one dreamed this would happen. It was a 500 year flood plain. "Not in OUR lifetime...a different 500th year."
We can't use water at all. No showers. No washing clothes, dishes anything. It's a volunt…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on June 13, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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Okay, after releasing my previous story, Return of the Exile on Wowio, the worms are starting to come out of the can again. After a snotty couple of posts I saw on the Talismen shout box, I feel the need to rant. I am an artist, after all. I am admittedly hypersensitive and volatile. I make no bones about these things.
So here is my rant.
First, an analogy.
On a small scale- a very, very, VERY small scale- the 'Talismen thing' is a bit like the Beatles breakup.
In 1970, the Beatles broke up.…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on May 1, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Pauly negotiates through a girlswarm.
It probably comes as no surprise that
Xylia is not my first attempt at making a graphic story. I've been doodling stories for years and years, trying to find one that I could do something with in the bigger arena. There was one about a…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on March 30, 2008 at 2:32pm —
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It remains to be seen if I will give up my old LiveJournal home to blog here. But maybe.
I am thinking that this place will likely take the place of the Xylia forum, which had very little traffic. The nice thing about the layout of a site like this is that you can see pictures! Perty pichers! And since I am, after all a visual artist- well that's probly a good thing.
Xylia is getting ready to grow. Well, not the character, but the site and story. With the addition of CT to the Xylia team (and…
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Added by Barb Jacobs on March 4, 2008 at 12:47am —
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